点评:What an absolutely stunning garden! We visit A LOT of gardens (RHS, NT and Gardeners World subscribers!) and this has to be in my top 3…
It is extensive - 90 acres I believe - and so beautifully designed and maintained while avoiding looking contrived. Many different areas, such as the stunning sculpture garden with its ram-rod straight high hedges creating rooms revealing each piece in turn, or the rill forming a wonderful sculptural fall down through conical yews to feed the water gardens below, create different spaces each so unique and inspiring in turn. My favourite spot, though, was the ‘fallen knights’… I laughed out loud at the sight of them and it still brings a smile to my face now! Quirky and fun!
Lord and Lady Heseltine were present as we left after a very enjoyable afternoon exploring a truly magnificent garden.
翻译:多么令人叹为观止的花园啊!我们参观过很多花园(皇家园艺学会、国家园艺学会和《园丁世界》的订阅用户!),而这个花园绝对是我最喜欢的三个之一……
它占地广阔——我记得有90英亩——设计精美,维护得也非常漂亮,同时又不显得做作。花园里有很多不同的区域,比如令人惊叹的雕塑花园,它笔直的高篱笆构成一个个房间,依次展示着每一件作品;或者,穿过圆锥形紫杉树的小溪形成了一条美妙的雕塑瀑布,为下面的水上花园提供水源,这些区域构成了不同的空间,每个空间都如此独特,令人叹为观止。不过,我最喜欢的地方是“堕落骑士”……看到它们我大笑起来,现在看到它们仍然会让我笑容满面!既古怪又有趣!
我们度过了一个非常愉快的下午,探索了这座真正壮丽的花园,离开时,赫塞尔廷勋爵和夫人也在场。